Louis WashkauBorn: 1890 Died: 1971State of last residence: New JerseyState issued: New JerseyLouis's SS-5Form should have his place of birth and parents names. His church baptismal record also should have his parents place of birth.

It is possible that Joseph's arrival manifest might have a place of birth. The KEY to learning more about one's ancestors is to find what VILLAGE they came from.

Re: Joseph and Westfalecia Washkau, born around 1860 in Austria?

In the 1900 census, Joseph indicates he arrived in 1890, but his wife and the three children at the time say they arrived in 1892, so after Joseph. As the youngest of the three, Louis, was born in August 1890, Joseph likely left shortly before or shortly after his birth.

The 1895 New Jersey State Census indicate that they are foreign born (but not German or Irish). I cannot make out his wife's name, but is not Westfalcea (or derivative). Based on the info below, she likely gave her maiden name on the 1900 census.

Re: Joseph and Westfalecia Washkau, born around 1860 in Austria?

Louis is an English name which in German is Ludwig and in Hungarian is Lajos. It is the same family. The 1895 New Jersey State Census and the 1900 census name the second child as Katie, but in the 1910 census, she is Kazimiera.

Josef left Hamburg on the Weimar via Leith, Scotland bound for New York on 24 October 1890:

Waschkau, Josef, of Kenty, Galiz. (Galicia)

He changed ships in Glasgow, and arrived in New York on November 17, 1890 aboard the State of Georgia: